When all the electoral votes were counted on Nov. 8, Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one scrambling to figure out what she was going to do for the next four years. Americans logged onto Canada’s Immigration Department website in such vast numbers that it crashed under their collective despair.

Be advised, the process to become a Canadian citizen is long in most cases, and is not easy. For anyone with a criminal record, it pretty much stops at the border. Skilled workers can apply for fast-track entry, and the government also looks favorably on anyone seeking to open a business or someone who has family living in the country.

So, good luck with your decision, whatever it is. And while you may wince every time you hear Donald Trump utter the phrase, “Make America Great Again,” consider these words from Abraham Lincoln as a reason to stay: “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.”